जादू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جادو (jâdu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑː.d̪uː/

Noun

जादू (jādū) m (Urdu spelling جادو)

  1. magic; witchcraft
  2. incantation
    जादू चलानाjādū calānāto cast a spell
  3. charm

Derived terms

  • जादुई (jāduī)
  • जादूगर (jādūgar)
  • जादूगरी (jādūgrī)

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), जादू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884), जादू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جادو (jâdu).

Noun

जादू (jādū) f

  1. magic
  2. witchcraft

Declension

Declension of जादू (jādū)
direct
singular
जादू
jādū
direct
plural
जादू
jādu
singular plural
nominative जादू
jādū
जादू
jādu
oblique जादू-
jādu-
जादूं-
jāduN-
dative जादूला
jādulā
जादूंना
jāduNnā
ergative जादूने
jādune
जादूंनी
jāduNni
instrumental जादूशी
jāduśi
जादूंशी
jāduNśi
locative जादूत
jādut
जादूंत
jāduNt
vocative जादू
jādu
जादूंनो
jāduNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of जादू
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject जादूचा
jāduċā
जादूचे
jāduce
जादूची
jāduci
जादूच्या
jāduca
जादूचे, जादूचं
jāduce, jāduċa
जादूची
jāduci
जादूच्या
jāduca
plural subject जादूंचा
jāduNċā
जादूंचे
jāduNce
जादूंची
jāduNci
जादूंच्या
jāduNca
जादूंचे, जादूंचं
jāduNce, jāduNċa
जादूंची
jāduNci
जादूंच्या
jāduNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), जादू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), जादू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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